For love alone

For Love Alone follows Teresa Hawkins, an intelligent and determined young woman from Sydney, who becomes infatuated with her tutor Jonathan Crow, an arrogant and emotionally cruel man.

She scrimps and saves to follow him to London, enduring exploitation and self-sacrifice in pursuit of her romantic ideals, only to confront his misogyny and shallowness.

Ultimately, under the guidance of the compassionate James Quick, Teresa discovers renewed love, compassion, and self-knowledge amid social constraints and personal growth.